Throwback Holiday

2018

Action / Comedy / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 71%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 535 535

Plot summary

Jacqueline is living an unfulfilled life in a doomed marriage. After a chance encounter with a former classmate, she rethinks her life's choices and wishes she could go back to high school for a do-over. Like a Christmas miracle, Jacqueline awakens to find herself as a high school senior again with the ability to change everything.

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Top cast

Jennifer Freeman as Jacquline Grant
Rhyon Nicole Brown as Rosalyn Ross
Robert Ri'chard as Aaron Tucker
Isaiah Russell-Bailey as Justin Grant
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737.92 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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1.34 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Uriah43 3 / 10

Good Concept but Poorly Executed

This film essentially begins with an attractive woman by the name of "Jacquline" (Jennifer Freeman) wondering what her life would have been like if she had made better choices when she was younger. For starters, not only was she the most popular girl in high school, but her grades were such that she had plans on attending a college to become a doctor. Yet instead of that, she is currently trapped in a marriage to a husband named "Daniel" (Jean Elie) who doesn't love her and might even be cheating on her with a colleague from work. Along with that, even her two children take her for granted as well. Then one day, as luck would have it, while shopping with her best friend "Rosalyn" (Rhyon Nicole Brown), she happens to come across an old lady who grants her the power to go back to high school and correct some of the mistakes she made during that time. That being said, however, she is also advised that she will have to take responsibility for all of her choices that she now chooses to make. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, even though I liked the overall concept, the characters chosen for this movie were simply not adequate for the task at hand. For starters, both Rhyon Nicole Brown and Kareem J. Grimes (as "Paul") looked much too old to be in high school. Likewise, the performance of Robert Ri'chard (as "Aaron") needed serious improvement as well. Talk about overacting. Throw in the fact that, having lost her mother during this exact same time, one would think that Jacquline would have placed less attention on going to high school activities and a lot more importance on her mother's health. But that's just me. In any case, although I thought that both Jennifer Freeman, and to a lesser extent Jean Elie, performed quite well, neither of them could overcome the rather glaring faults just mentioned, and I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.
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Reviewed by Natural_Mystery88 7 / 10

Nice Movie to Watch

I thought this movie was nice. I like that the main character was able to go back in time and save her mom from dying from a heart attack. I think it was relatable because we all have family members who refuse to go to the doctor until its too late.

I thought it was odd that she would be willing to start a whole new life and forget her first two children (who I thought were obnoxious by the way). The first husband/former basket star in high school had to go, I definitely agree with that decision but when I saw the 3 new kids at the end of the movie I was like who are these kids? It would be weird for me to wake up and find that my two kids that I loved and raised were replaced by 3 new kids. Also how is she going to run her medical practice when it seems like she has no knowledge of going to medical school or creating the practice in the first place?

I was a little underwhelmed when the main character went back in time and saw her mom for the first time. Her reaction wasn't as emotional or heartfelt as I expected. It kind of bothers me that movies like these always go back to high school, why not college? Or another period in their lives. In high school teenagers are so immature, and love for them is like puppy love, not real adult love and honestly unless something major happened in high school like having a baby (like in this movie) it doesn't dictate what type of life you're going to have.

Overall it was good movie, I think the actors played convincing roles.

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